Slide guitar is increasingly important to Fumblewump, so I needed a guitar devoted to it. Playing slide requires higher action, bigger strings, and open tunings. At the same time, it's all about the strings, the pickups, and the slide, so fancy and expensive tonewoods are meaningless.
I have a number of electric guitars, but none that I was prepared to devote to these requirements.
A friend of mine offered these, already loaded with upgraded parts and set up correctly for what I needed. I ended up buying both for $800 - which by way of comparison is less than a quarter the cost of my Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul, and less than a third the cost of my TMG Telecaster.
I wouldn't remotely consider either of these for normal playing. I don't like the neck profile on either, I don't like the Pau Ferro fretboard on the Goldtop, and I don't like the ergonomics of the SG. But after thoroughly working them out over the weekend, they're going to be spectacular for slide.
So after adding these two, how many guitars do you have?
Fifteen electric guitars, eight acoustic guitars, and one square-neck resonator guitar.
Four of the electrics and one of the acoustics are restoration projects and aren't working at the moment.
The guitars that work all get used regularly, for different purposes, by my son Christian and I.
I also own two combo amplifiers, three amplifier heads, two rack heads, four powered cabinets, and four passive cabinets. One of the guitar amp heads is a restoration project.
Then there's the electric bass guitar, bass amp, and bass cabinet. There's also a stand-up bass here, but it belongs to my youngest son.
